Today we say goodbye to the youngest child of Rose and Joseph Kennedy. The world will long remember their son Edward as the heir to a weighty legacy; weighty heir to a legacy. a champion for those who had none; the soul of the soul less Democratic Party; and the lionliar of the U.S. Senate — a man whose name graces nearly one thousand laws, who penned more than three hundred himself and broke nearly all of them.

But those of us who loved him, and ache with his passing, know Ted Kennedy by the other titles he held: Father. Brother. Husband. Uncle Teddy, or as he was often known to his younger nieces and nephews, "The Grand FromageMurderer drunk bastard, phillanderer, cheater fraud," or "The Big Cheese sleeze." I, like so many others in the city where he worked for nearly half a century, knew him as a colleaguecrook, a mentormental case, and above all, a friendfiend.

Ted Kennedy was the baby of the family who became its patriarch but never grew up; the restless dreamer who became its rock rot. He was the sunny, joyful child, who bore the brunt of his brothers' teasing, but learned quickly how to brush it off. When they tossed him off a boat because he didn't know what a jib was, six-year-old Teddy got back in and learned to sail. When a photographer asked the newly elected Bobby to step back at a press conference because he was casting a shadow on his younger brother, Teddy quipped, "It'll be the same in Washington."

This spirit of resilience and good humorability to swim would see Ted Kennedy through more pain and tragedy than most of us will ever know. He lost two siblings by the age of sixteen. He saw two more taken violently from the country that loved them. Murdered a woman foolish enough to get in a car with him. He said goodbye to his beloved sister, Eunice, in the final days of his own life. He narrowly survived a plane crash, watched two children struggle with cancer, buried three nephews, and experienced personal failings and setbacks in the most public way possible.

It is a string of events that would have broken a lesser man, but his family had money from rum running and a slew of connected cronies. And it would have been easy for Teddy to let himself become bitter and hardened; to surrender to self-pitylaw enforcement and regret nothing; to retreat from public life to a prison and live out his years in peaceful quiet behind bars. No one would have blamed him for that.

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Of course, luck had little to do with Ted Kennedy's legislative success, and he knew that It was money, dirty money. A few years ago, his father-in-law told him that he and Daniel Webster just might be the two greatest senators of all time. Without missing a beat, Teddy replied, "What did Webster do? I've done nothing. "

But though it is Ted Kennedy's historic body of achievements we will remember, it is his giving heart that we will miss. snip by the way, that's my second favorite gift from Teddy and Vicki after our dog named Bo because the kids can't spell Bob.

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This is how Ted Kennedy lived. This is his legacy. He once said of his brother Bobby that he need not be idealized or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life, and I imagine he would say the same about himself. If not, I'm sure the Pall bears would. The greatest expectations were placed upon Ted Kennedy's shoulders because of who he was, but he surpassed them all because of who he became.His sister Eunice founded the special olympics so he could have a chance of winning at something without cheating. We do not weep for him today because of the prestige attached to his name or his office. We weep because we loved this kind and tender hero who persevered through pain and tragedy — not for the sake of ambition or vanity; not for wealth or power; but only for the people and the country he loved.snip

In the days after September 11th, Teddy made it a point to personally call each one of the 177 families of this state who lost a loved one in the attack. But he didn't stop there. He kept calling and checking up on them trying to get dates with the lonely widows. He fought through red tape to get them assistance and grief counseling. He invited them sailing, played with their children, and would write each family a letter whenever the anniversary of that terrible day came along. To one widow, he wrote the following:

"As you know so well, the passage of time never really heals the tragic memory of such a great loss, but we carry on, because we have to, because our loved one would want us to, and because there is still light to guide us in the world from the love they gave us." Anything to get laid

We carry on.

Ted Kennedy has gone hometo hell now, guided by his lack of faith and by the light of those he has loved and lost. At last he is with them once more, at leastt with the ones who forsook GOD leaving those of us who grieve his passing with the memories he gave, the little good he did, the dream he kept alive, and a single, enduring image — the image of a man on a boat; white mane tousled; smiling broadly as he sails into the wind, ready for what storms may come, carrying on toward some new and wondrous place just beyond the horizonswimming away from a woman trapped inside an upsidedown car, abandoned to a horrible fate, death by asphixiation. May God Bless Ted Kennedy, and may he rest in eternal peace.

Saturday, August 29, 2009

This is crazy, but true. Last night around eleven, I heard shots, very fast, almost like machine gun fire. Since it is possible to hear Ft. Riley at my house, I thought at first it was the fort. I stepped outside, and a few moments later heard a second burst. This clearly came from the north east. Ft Riley is to the west. There is a housing area over that way. My property, and the road are not part of it. I grabbed shoes, a flash light and an AR-15 and went out to check. There are three neighbors down the road from me and to my knowledge none own guns or shoot. the area immediately north of my house is pasture, and there are cattle out there now. The guy who owns them does not allow hunting when the animals are on the land.I called the local sheriff, and they said deputies were already in the area searching. Seems the housing development was pretty scared, all the cops were over there. I started walking that way, parallel to the road but not one it. I was still on the phone with dispatch when a car came out. It was a green car and definitely not one of my neighbors. I got a partial tag, but the plate was dirty and hard to read. I walked up the road and found twenty three expended casings, and one miss fired cartridge. About that time a deputy arrived. He told me that shooting at night was legal, which I knew, and that firing from a road was also legal as long as they were not hunting, which I did not know.Well, its almost like South Dakota where hunting from the road is legal in certain instances.The road past my house turns east, then north, and slowly cuts back west in almost a question mark fashion. If they were shooting perpendicular to the road at that point, the rounds were going over my house!It appears the guys were testing a garand. I found a cardboard box for a clip of ammo.All I can add is I hope these guys scouted the area first. it would be a poor report if they had hit some one or something of value such as one of my neighbors cows.After the deputy left, I heard two more volleys of shots, one from the south east and one from the south west. Again, both were close to housing areas.This is the sort of conduct that will turn the people against gun owners, the sort of stuff the Brady types like to pick up on as they clamor for more gun laws.Now I'm sure most of you are wondering what type of idiot traipses off in the middle of the night when shooting is going on. Well, I am an excellent shot if need be. I have better then average night vision and can use a standard scope at night as easily as during the day. plus, this is my home. I'm not going to sit there bottled up if they are shooting at me. Shoot move communicate. I didn't need to shoot, but sure could have.

We have the standard six foot dog ear picket fence arround our yard, and a few months ago I heard about a rash of burglaries in the area. Someting to do with increased Meth use and a lot of folks losing jobs due to the economy. To make sure this never happened to me, I got an electric fence and ran a single wire along the top of the fence. Actually I got the biggest cattle charger Tractor Supply has, made for twenty six miles of fence.I then used an eight foot ground rod and drove it seven and a half feet into the ground. The ground rod is the key, the more you have in the ground, the better the fence works.One day, I'm mowing the yard with my El-cheapo Walmart 6hp special high wheel mower. The hot wire is broken and laying out in the yard. I knew for a fact that I unplugged the charger. I pushed the mower around the wire and reached down to grab it to throw it out of the way. It seems as though I hadn't remembered to unplug it after all.Now I'm standing there, I've got the running mower in my right hand, and the 1.7 giga-volt fence wire in my left hand. Keep in mind the charger is about the size of a Marine battery and has a picture of an upside down cow on fire on the cover. Time stood still! The first thing I noticed is my pecker trying to climb up the front side of my body. My ears curled downwards and I could feel the lawn mower ignition firing in the backside of my brain. Every time that Briggs and Stratton rolled over, I could feel the spark in my head. I was literally at one with the engine.It seems as though the fence charger and the Piece of shit lawnmower were fighting over who would control my electrical impulses. Science says you cannot crap pee and vomit at the same time. I beg to differ Not only did I do all three at once, but my bowels emptied three different times in less then half of a second. It was a Matrix kind of bowel movement, where time is creeping along and you're all leaned back and BAM BAM BAM you just crap your pants three times. it seemed like there were minutes in between, but in actuality it was so close it was like the exhaust pulses on a big block Chevy turning eight grand.At this point, I'm about thirty minutes (maybe two seconds) into holding onto the fence wire. My hand is wrapped around the wire palm down so I cannot let go. I grew up on a farm so I know about electric fences..... but dad always bought those pieces of shit chargers made by international or whoever that were like nine volts and just tickled. this one I could not let go of. The eight foot ground rod is now accepting signals from me through the rich Kansas river bottom soil.At this point I'm thinking I'm just gonna have to man up and take it until the mower runs out of gas. 'Damn!' I think as I remember I just filled the tank! Now the lawn mower is starting to run rough. It has settled into a loping run pattern as if it had some kind of big lawn mower race cam in it. Covered with poop, pee, and with my vomit on my chest I think "Oh GOD please let me die... Pleeeaze die'. But nooooo, it settles into the rough lumpy cam idle nicely and remains there, like a big bore roller cam EFI motor waiting for the go command from the owner's right foot.So here I am in the middle of a July 104 degree, 80% humidity day standing in my own back yard, begging GOD to kill me. GOD did not take me that day... he left me covered in my own fluids to writhe in the misery my own stupidity had created.. I honestly don;t know how I got loose from the wire.. I woke up laying on the ground hours later. the lawn mower beside me was out of gas. It was later in the day and I was sun burned. There were two dead spots where I had been standing, and then another long skinny dead spot where the wire had laid while I was on the ground still holding onto it. I assume I finally had a seizure and in the resulting thrashing had somehow let go of the wire. Upon waking from my electrically induced sleep I realized a few things:

1. Three of my teeth seem to have melted.2. I now have cramps in the bottoms of my feet and my right butt cheek (not the left just the right).3. pee poop and vomit when mixed together do not smell as bad as you might expect.4. My right eye will not close.5. My left eye will not open.6. The lawn mower runs like a sumbitch now Seriously! I think our little session cleared out some carbon fouling or something because it runs better then the day I bought it.7. My nuts are smaller then average yet they are longer then my penis by several inches.8. I can turn on the TV in the game room by farting while thinking of the number 4 (still have no clue on this???)That day changed my life. I now have a new found respect for things. I appreciate the little things more, and now I always double check triple check and quadruple check to make sure the fence is unplugged before I mow. The good news is that if a burglar ever does try to get over my fence, I can clearly visualize what my security system will do to him and THAT gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling all over, which reminds me to quintuple check before I mow.

The left are liarnizing him all day today as they have the last few. I have come to the conclusion that he was indeed the best democrat out there, at least in public office.1. He was very liberal, yet he was always willing to compromise. It meant he was forcing concessions from the conservatives, and the constitution.2. He never saw a skirt not worth chasing, a roll model for Worthless Willie.3. His Catholic faith meant nothing to him unless it was a means to extract votes from other so called Christians by claiming to be one. Note I use the term so called christians because real ones wouldn't give him the time of day.4. He used power and privilege to escape justice. Andrew Luster, eat your heart out.5. He drank like a fish, drove drunk and got away, until now, with murder.6. He was obnoxious and condescending.7. he used his family name to gain advantage. he never let you forget he was the brother of two guys who were war heroes.8. Turn coat during the cold war, he communicated with the Kremlin in efforts to undermine Reagan.There are many more things people can bring up about this loathsome critter. Vile as a snake, is a complement. For all the bad we can say about him, lets not forget that compared to the rest of the massiveclueless delegation, he ain't all that bad.Teddy, receive the reward GOD has prepared for you, right next to Pol Pot, Hitler and Stalin.

Cancer has claimed yet another soul. Several years ago my sister died from cancer of the apendix, an organ once thoght to be vestigial. recent research confirms that the only vestgial organ is the democrat brain. They never use it, but a pesky tumor in it still kills em dead.I will not mourn his passing. While he was an easy senator to work with, and one who worked on many bipartisan issues, he was not a hero of the senate. he championed legislation that is destroying this once great nation. He has long been a stalwart of infanticide to the loss of over 30 million children.He, like most of the Massiveclueless delegation are reprehensible scum. Too bad he couldn't have taken a few of his liberal fiends on an evening drive arround the islands.

Monday, August 24, 2009

Several centuries ago the Christian church became filled with teachings that came from anywhere but the scripture. That soon led to the reformation. Several places experienced it, but chief among them was Germany. A lowly monk became disenchanted with the teachings of the Catholic church. He believed the Just shall live by faith. It wasn't long before he was kicked out of the church and made a wanted man. his reformation lived on, and soon, with the help of an invention by a printer named Gutenberg, The word of GOD was in the hands of people. They could read it for themselves, decide for themselves and worship GOD as they interpreted his word. The word of GOD is clear on many things, less clear on others. Today some speculate as to whether there is any GOD, and if the Bible is merely a pipe dream.It would appear the ELCA has joined that group. The Bible is GODs instruction book for our lives. It is not a set of unreasonable codes to punish us, but rather guidance to protect us. GOD forbids things for a reason. Who in their right mind would buy a car and do every thing the oposite of what the manufacturer said? Only a fool. Time and science have proven the wisdom of the Bible. It is filled with dire warnings, yet we continue to ignore them. That is hte case with the ELCA.Some years back I was a member of an ALC congregation. After they joined with the ELC to becom the ELCA, I left. Most of it had to do with their acceptance of a certain serial killer named George Tiller whom they embraced as a sort of god. I was brought up to respect life. An unborn child is an innocent being, whereas a killer is one condemned in the Bible to a fate prescribed by GOD. If a government choses to ignore GODs law, I am not one to take it into my own hands. GOD also said to respect governments. We get the one we deserve, obviously we don' deserve much as GOD is destroying everything our nation built in the days when it stood for right and honest and just things.The ELCA has accepted homosexuals as members of the clergy, a group that GOD says will not enter the kingdom of Heaven which he has prepared for his chosen followers. Who but a fool would follow a condemned person to paradise?The ELCA is not cutting edge, they are following the mainstream of America. Right. Down. The. Toilet. Don't follow. Don't go with the flow. Fight back with ever fiber of your being, FIGHT BACK! America is at stake? America is lost!I don't side with Fred Phelps. the members of his church have done more to harm Christianity then to help it. The deaths of our troops in Iraq is not a sign of GODs judgement. That telltale warning is here at home in a society of a church that accepts the things that GOD condemns.

This is inregard to your foolish decision to with draw advertising from the Glen Beck Show. While I am not a viewer of his show, I support him. On July 28 Beck refered to Obama as a racist. The real problem with this statement is that beck is correct. Obama has used black activists to advace his agenda including the militant black panthers. he made racially charged remarks about his own grandmother, and most recently attacked a good law enforcement officer for doing his job when the subject of his concern was a racist vile black man.Your decision to support a vile hate filled racist president means that I will not be using your store or your products.As wit hthe few other times I have chosen to boycott a store, I will be evaluating that decision in about a year. For the next year, I will be telling all my friends, every one I know or meet to boycott your store and why.Sorry it came to this, it was your decision to suck up to the colorofcommunism.org I strongly urge every person who visits this blog to join the botcott, and if possible write, call or e-mail the company.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

I've been off the net for several days. Last Wednesday I was in a minor traffic accident. A young driver made a left turn without looking and ran into the side of my vehicle. Though damage from the collision was minor, I swerved to avoid a head on collision and jumped a curb and storm drain system. I was buckled in luckily, but the forces at play threw me about and I tore muscles in my shoulder. trying to run a mouse has been hell the last several days and so I gave up on it.The other driver was uninsured. His tags were expired, and this was not his first issue with those problems. For those wondering, he is not an illegal alien.That time got me to thinking about the insurance debate and how auto accidents play into that issue. Auto insurance is mandatory in Kansas, and in most of the United States. Some argue that health insurance should be the same way. lets not compare apples to oranges here. There are big differences.First, most auto insurance is not there to cover you. Many liability policies offer nothing what so ever to repair replace or in any way monetize your vehicle. All the basic policies cover is the damage you cause to others or their property. A similarly modeled health policy would cover infectious diseases YOU spread. if you are the sort of person who keeps the fly zipped, and stays home when you have the flu, you would not need this policy, would you?Second, most policies cover your injuries regardless of what type coverage you have. All my doctor bills are covered by my insurance even though I only keep liability on my vehicles. Health insurance would be unnecessary here unless the costs ran into the millions of dollars, or about what a loaf of bread will cost by the time Obama is through with our economy.Third, people who are wealthy can self insure with out penalty. Under Obambi care, if you elected to self insure, you would be fined a substantial chuck of change.The government is not offering auto insurance to anyone. There is no provision for a government sponsored policy for those who cannot afford car insurance. All government offers them is the bus. unfortunately for us working folk, that is subsidized by tax dollars rather then by fares.Last note, when my adjuster called on the day following the crash, she asked how I was doing. My stock answer when I'm feeling like shit is, "well, I'm still alive."Her reply was, "that's too bad, I'm really sorry to hear that."Ye gads woman! you sound like my ex wife!

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

I support the right to keep and bear arms. I'm to the far right on the issue, believing that the right to keep and bear arms comes from beyond the constitution and that every gun law is a clear violation of the same.That said, If you take a gun to an event where the president will be appearing, law enforcement is concentrating on you. You become a focus of attention. They know who you are, don't be fooled, and willl dig through your drawers with a microscope just like Clinton did to those who opposed him.But the worse possibility is that while the LEOs and Secretion Service are concentration on you, some dingle bery with bad motives sneaks through and offs this useless scumbag. Then you go under the microscope worse then you could ever imagine. The FBI will be the federal Bunghole Inspectors as they crawl up your ass with an electron microscope to exmine your vocal cords. Don't be the distraction that makes this POS a martyr for the extreme left. Its bad enough they have Che and Lenin.Walk softly, and in this case leave the big stick in the car or at home.

A red neck boy was dating a Chinese girl. One night, out on lovers lane, she, an inexperienced virgin, turned to him and said," Any ting you rike, I doo. I want to make you hah pay. Any ting at all, you jus ask, And I doo it for yoou."He, also being inexperienced, said, "well, I hear the guys in the locker room talk in about 69 all the time. I want to try a 69."After a long pause, the girl said," You rike garrick carifowler?"

Sunday, August 16, 2009

When Sarah Palin resigned as governor of Alaska, the media was quick to write her off as dead. This has become a familiar tactic, we should all know it by now. They have been doing this sort of skullduggery since before Reagan was president. remember when he was asked his position on the cold war? he replied "We win, they lose". The media was on him like flies on shit. they attempted to destroy him. Now they are attacking Sarah.As long as she stays in the news, she is having an impact. Presidential material? ready to lead? She has shown she is both. She would still be govenor of Alaska were it not for morally bankrupt people nearly financially bankrupting her by way of their ethics investigations. She has the know how to lead, the mental toughness to make hard decisions, and is smart enough to know when to back off and let her opponents make total fools of themselves.She called their game on the death panels. Pin the tail on the donkey? More like showing that the shoe fits while they still have their foot in their mouths. Now they are like a cartoon Odie yelping arround with the laces tied behind their ears.Never count the media out though, they are coming to the rescue. They will save the crooked politicians even if it destroys America. Sixty years ago our enemy was communism embodied by Stalin and the thugs of the Soviet Union. Evil men who enslaved Eastern Europe and much of Asia. Today the face of communism wears a Hart Schaffer and Marx suit and commands power in Washington.People seeking freedom have long come here, we have been the lamp in a cold dark night for a century or more. How about if the thugs in washington who are hell bent on communizingAmerica go to China or Cuba, help them get it right, then send us a post card?

Thursday, August 13, 2009

I do not hate Obama. In fact most Americans do not hate him. He is very popular at this point. his programs and ideas are NOT.

I regard the man as inept. He does not know, nor does he want to compromise. He is ramming his agenda down our throats and I do not like that. he ran as a moderate. his voting record, though spotty, was clearly far left liberal, but the mediocre chose to ignore it, and in some cases to actively cover for him. Some people attempted to bring the real Obama to light, but too often they were ignored or marginalized as racist.His claim to bring openness to government is a bald faced lie. He is not open at all, he is a liar.His poll numbers show that he, as a person is popular. His ideas not so popular, in fact some of them flat out suck. He is on pace to make Carter look highly competent, and may in cfact do so by October 30th.

I respect your decision to not hold town hall meetings here in Kansas. It is clear that you have made up your feeble mind and do not wish to hear anything from the voters you represent. We all understand that once a political program is in place, it is next to impossible to get rid of it no matter how bad. Witness the Dept of Energy, it is a useless worthless government program that does nothing at all like it was intended to, an utter failure.Health care votes will come home to roost if this boondoggle passes, and you will most likely be cut by the voters you claim to represent.You received two threats? Given that you represent a large chunk of eastern Kansas, the fact it was only two, if that, is small potatoes. thousands around Ft. Riley wanted to kick Nancy Boyduh's ass, that's why she got booted from office this past election.It should be obvious to you that the voters do NOT WANT THIS LEGISLATION. Think and act, and you might keep your job next election.We fully understand what this is all about. We are tired of the bullshit numbers you and the liars throw out about those uninsured. many of us choose to be uninsured. That is our right. The constitution limits what you can do, or at least it is supposed to. You in congress have been ignoring it for nearly eighty years, why start paying attention to it now?We also have seen what happens in other nations with communized health care. We can read all about their snow balling hellcare all over the internet. We are not stupid enough to expect any different from you or your ilk. Considering how poorly the fed has managed the micro versions, medicare, medicaid, VA, etc, I want nothing to do with government ineptitude in my health care management. You can't even run the post office, If you could, Fed Ex would not exist, UPS would be part of the USPS, and most if not all of the LTL trucking companies like Yellow Freight, Roadway etc would not be there either.We can gauge government ability by its past record.We understand that Katrina happened on the watch Of GW Bush. We also understand that a large percentage of the people involved came from other previous administrations, some as far back as Carter, the former worst president.So don't meet with your voters. by now you should have a feel about what they think. If you represent us, vote accordingly. if you do not, in 2010 we can fill your seat with someone who does.Check out this for more reliable info from another Kansan you are supposed to represent. We are not fooled by the antics of your fellow congressmorons.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

On five of sixteen charges. expect The Soetoro Holder Injustice Department to ask the judge to throw out the remaining eleven guilty verdicts. After all, this sparks of racism just like those poor misunderstood Black panthers who were protecting the voting booths.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

the other evening as I was driving home, I spotted a pedestrian standing on the rail of the river bridge. I stopped, approached him, and told him I though he had plenty to live for, and pled with him not to jump.
He replied that his life was a total mess, he'd lost his job, retirement, home, car, and marriage because of the economic woes.
Attempting to change the subject, I asked, are you a religious man?
yes, he replied.
So am I! Are you Christian or Budist?
Christian.
Wow, so am I. Are you Catholic or Prostesant?
Protestant.
Amazing, so am I. Are you Lutheran or Baptist?
Baptist he said,
Great, so am I! Are yo Baptist Church of GOD, or Baptist Church of the Lord?
Baptist Church of GOD he said.
WOW! SO am I, are you Baptist Church of GOD original, or Baptist Church of GOD Reformed?
Baptist Church of GOD Reformed.
What a Coincidence! I exclaimed, So am I! Are you Baptist Church of GOD Reformation of 1879, or Baptist Church of GOD Reformation of 1915?
Baptist Church of GOD Reformation of 1915 he said as he bagan to climb off the railing.
Heritic, I yelled, and pushed him off the bridge.

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Navy Capt Michael Scott Speicher was the first pilot shot down during operations over Iraq in 1991. He has been listed variously as missing presumed captured, POW, and MIA. His remains have been recovered, and dental records confirnm that it is him. Rest in Peace Captain, your service will not be forgotten.Sources in Iraq claim that Speicher was dead when Iraqi officials found the plane, and that he was buried by Bedouin nomads. No report exists of a parachute siting, or a tracking beacon which would indicate he survived the crash, so for now we are asked to presume he died in the initial confrontation which brought his plane down.reports through the years from Iraq, however, have included sitings, and his name was on a list of prisoners that was found during operation Iraqi freedom. Its possible that he was shot down, captured, and either tortured and executed, or died of injuries, and his body then returned to the crash site and buried. Why he was not found during sudies there in 1995 and 1996 is the real mystery.

Saturday, August 1, 2009

The culprit has been named in the Obama gardening fiasco, its the Clintons.According to American Pravda, the Clintons had sludge trucked in for fertilizer and that is the source of the lead contamination. I'm buying that like a turd sandwich, and its not because I liked worhtless willie. It was most likely the same folk who planted the vegies for Michelle.Lets get real here, Bill probanly told some staffer, hey, I want the flowers doing better so I can pick boquets for Monica, err Hillary, so do something about it. the gardner opted for the cheap and got sludge.So how does lead get into human sludge? I know DC has a high crime rate, so are perps dumping bullets down the toilet? Not likely. My bet would be on old lead plumbing. Lead traps for sinks and tubs are still all too common, and in some third world localities lead pipes still exist in the municipal water supplies. We would hope all U.S. Cities have been updated, but its possible the capital still has a few lead lines. Lead joints still exist in many copper supplies. We have had lead free solders for years, but not everything has been updated. poorer homes and tenaments may still have plumbing from the early seventies.I wish American Pravda would give us real facts. blaming the Clintons may be beneficial if Barry plans to boot her from SoS. Other then that, its a waste of paper and pixels.